The Tampa 2, perfected by Dungy and Kiffin, is a variation of the Cover 2 in which the middle linebacker drops into a semi-deep zone as opposed to a smaller inside zone equal to the outside linebackers.

as far as I'm concerned, it's called the Cover 2 defense, although when dungy uses it it's slightly diffrent (hence the name Tampa 2). But other coaches use this same d, Lovie, Tomlin, etc. and just call it the cover 2.

I thought i heard somewhere that Dungy and Monte Kiffin actually devolped it when they were coaching in Minnesota, but idk if thats true or not. If it is true, it isnt the first time that a system was devolped in one area and named in a different area. Bill Walsh devolped the west coast offense when he was a coach for the bengals.

The system with any NFL defense or offense is perfect... Its the execution that seldom is.

Well said young man.

That's a good point. I don't like it because it's too finesse, it's boring, corners line up in zone all the time, making them look better than they are, it's too set in stone with coaches rarely making adjustments, the defense looks the same week in and week out.